What do people say about your stupid looking tan?

Now that summer is here and we're all getting tanned, we have to field those questions. Yes, we all know it's normal for us, but there are always those puzzled looks and remarks from the non-cycling members of society- you know, questions about your white hands, two-toned fingers, etc.

Last year I had an accident and while my hand was being x-rayed for a broken bone, the technician asked, "Why is your hand white and the rest of you is all brown?"

So what kind of comments or questions do you all get?

You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. That's great...if you want to attract vermin.

My skin never tans, it just burns. As a consequence, I wear the most potent sunscreen available at all times to avoid this. I do have a slight tan, but evidently it's not noticeable because nobody has ever mentioned it to me.

Hahaha, my farmer's tan (I usually drive a tractor during the summer) covers any cyclist's tan I could possibly get.

Mr. Kenny Chesney says it well...

She thinks my tractor's sexy
It really turns her on
She's always staring at me
While I'm chuggin' along
She likes the way it's pullin' while we're tillin' up the land
She's even kind of crazy 'bout my farmer's tan
She's the only one who really understands what gets me
She thinks my tractor's sexy

It was the mixed hair/tan thing that got questions when I raced. Hairy white feet were just too much...oh well...

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I go overboard to make sure I don't get one. Pet peeve So far I've had no comments. But this will be the first whole summer I'll be riding, and I have a feeling it's inevitable in the South.

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I have a permanent farmer's tan from driving lawnmowers 4 summers in a row a couple years ago back in college. I havn't been able to spend enough time in the sun with my shirt off to even remotely match the dark tan on the back of my neck and arms. Only person who made fun of my tan was the ex-girlfriend.

I also get that glove tan although mine seems not as bad as the rest arms. I seem to get really dark around the bottom of my legs, this makes my feet look white when not wearing shoes. I thik that looks worse cause my hands don't really tan that much.

Here's a question: Do shaved legs tan more? I suppose if you've got hair bordering on that of the missing link then it would provide some sort of "ground cover" to prevent tanning/sunburns? I'm not sure I have enough hair on my legs to matter but I oftentimes ponder these silly notions.

Originally posted by khuon Here's a question: Do shaved legs tan more? I suppose if you've got hair bordering on that of the missing link then it would provide some sort of "ground cover" to prevent tanning/sunburns? I'm not sure I have enough hair on my legs to matter but I oftentimes ponder these silly notions.

The tan looks darker on my shaved legs compared with immediately prior to the first shearing. But I'm coming from the left-over summer tan, touched up with a bit of winter sunshine in judging that. I think the case probably would be for faster tanning, greater risk of sunburn/skins cancer without protection, but ultimately, not a deeper tan.

I used to have those mesh gloves, and the tan was pretty weird. They got torn in a crash anyways, so I now have gloves that are solid! No more fishnet pattern but now I have white hands, and of course, two-tone fingers.

You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. That's great...if you want to attract vermin.